Overview

• On July 16 in Yurécuaro, Michoacán, a trailer overturned and crushed a tomato pickup, killing its driver and prompting the detention of a 22-year-old trucker.
• A Michoacán ambulance collided with a water tanker on July 17 in Lagunillas, killing the paramedic driver and an elderly patient and injuring two others.
• Two articulated trucks overturned on July 17 on the A-66 near Los Santos de Maimona, closing the highway for hours and disrupting summer traffic.
• Early on July 17 a car overturned and caught fire on Murcia’s RM-423, killing a 30-year-old man and injuring an 18-year-old passenger.
• Authorities have launched judicial inquiries into suspected drunk, reckless and mechanical-failure causes, and victims’ families are demanding tougher impairment laws and infrastructure upgrades.